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  Philip, 30 Nov 2005 @ 1:18pm

  
  

  Bound by a patent?

  1-click is a neat idea. Why does it have to be bound by a patent preventing anybody else from using it? /sigh

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    Aaron Friel, 30 Nov 2005 @ 1:24pm

    
    

    Re: Bound by a patent?

    Just wait until I unleash my zero-click patent on the world. You only have to look at the item and it's charged to your credit card.

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      Bill Hudstell, 4 Dec 2005 @ 9:15am

      
      

      Re: Bound by a patent?

      Bahahahahaha!

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  dude, 30 Nov 2005 @ 1:31pm

  
  

  No Subject Given

  I hate Amazon.com, Bezos and his patents, but 1-click patent is actually a *good* patent in comparison
  to many other patents issued by the PTO to MicroShit and other corps.
  It is a rather clever use of cookies - a concept they didn't invent but found a good e-commerce use for.
  PTO needs some serious quality reforms, but not along the lines most people here are thinking
  ("Kill patent trolls")
  Ideally each issued patent should be a valid patent describing a novel and non-obvious invention, and it should not matter who enforces this patent - an actual manufactirer or patent troll who bought it from original inventor and thus compensated inventor for the effort.
  

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  Gyrofly, 30 Nov 2005 @ 1:53pm

  
  

  Frustrating

  It seems stupid that patents like this are allowed to exist. It's like the "Buy Now" on Ebay ...

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  Josh Tomaino, 30 Nov 2005 @ 2:05pm

  
  

  Patent Office

  1-click patent? Why not patent the task bar while we're at it? Is tabbed browsing patented? Someone should warn Mozilla and other browsers. 1 Click.. does this apply only to "left click" or "right click"? What about the middle mouse button? I bet that could have a 1-click patent assigned to it.

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    Jared Anderson, 30 Nov 2005 @ 2:20pm

    
    

    Haa Wtf?

    You are not serious,the "Buy Now" button on Ebay is patented?

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  peter, 30 Nov 2005 @ 3:14pm

  
  

  dumb idea

  Personally I think one-click ordering is a bad idea anyway. One can inadvertantly order something that they don't want. It's a hassle to send it back, and even more of a hassle to get your money back.

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    AngloAfro, 30 Nov 2005 @ 5:22pm

    
    

    Re: dumb idea

    obviously you have NEVER looked at the patent. It's not one click and your screwed, think of it more as an email verification ordering system. You click "Order Now" on a website and amazon sends you an email confirming your order, you click confirm and your order is fulfilled. It's actually two clicks, but whatever, by validating to your email account you have the extra layer of security and you don't have to type in all of your payment option information every time you order a product. Yes it's very retarded to be patentable, but so are most of the comments about right mouse button clicking, inadvertant orders and zero click ordering.

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  Saucy Del Mar, 30 Nov 2005 @ 7:53pm

  
  

  1-click

  what about 2-click ordering, does that have a patent yet? 3-click..
  
  how about the 1-click submit button I am about to use to post this comment.

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